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TO THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE LONDON TELEGRAM NUMBER 237 SAVING OF 21ST JULY 1981 REPEATED FOR INFORMATION SAVING TO HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE BON DON MODUK (DS11), UKMIS GENEVA, HANOI, WASHINGTON, UKLIS NEW YORK, PEKING, MANILA, JAKARTA,KUALA LUMPUR, CANBERRA,SINGAPORE,BANGKOK,PARIS, HAGUE,BONN MICK 243/1 RECEIVED FINISTRY NO. 51
4 AUG 1981
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DESK OFFICE
INDEX
MY SAVING TELEGRAM NO. 226 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
1. REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 0900 HRS 21 JULY 1981:
(PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS)
Mas
एक
Lea 418
A. IN UNHCR CAMPS
11,052 (11,015)
seel
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B. GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION AND
4,233 ( 4,155)
QUARANTINE ANCHORAGE
C. UNDER DETENTION
4,501 (5,415)
19,786 (20,585)
D. TOTAL
THE NUMBER UNDER DETENTION REPRESENTS THE NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE
REFUGEES WHO HAVE BEEN SETTLED IN CHINA BEFORE COMING TO HONG
KONG ILLEGALLY.
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2. 8,612 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY, OF WHICH 1,429
RESCUED AT SEA BY SHIPS.
RESCUED
THE INCREASE OF 356 SINCE 14 JULY IS
DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF 322 IN 12 BOATS AND THE MVS MOUNTS BAY',
DUTCH FLAG AND MAERSK PINTO, GERMAN OWNED, WHICH PICKED UP
18 AND 16 REFUGEES RESPECTIVELY IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA.
3. UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 12,226 REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY 1981
OF WHICH 204 IN THE PAST WEEK.
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SIR.E. YOUDE
MR DONALD MRGOODISON
COPIESTO
HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE
LONDON
THIS TELEGRAM
WAS NOT ADVANCED
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